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The Sound Barrier

The Sound Barrier

David Lean

1952

  • Drama
  • Romance
  • War
6.5

A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are about to enter service.

Cast & crew

  • David LeanDirector
  • Ralph RichardsonJohn Ridgefield
  • Ann ToddSusan Garthwaite
  • Nigel PatrickTony Garthwaite
  • John JustinPhilip Peel
  • Dinah SheridanJess Peel
  • Joseph TomeltyWill
  • Denholm ElliottChristopher Ridgefield
  • Jack Allen'Windy'

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